Reading Time: 3 minutes In addition to using SVG in the HTML Viewer custom visual as outlined in previous posts (Part 1, Part 2), Power BI allows you to work with SVG images as Image URLs. The following technique is available for use with any visual that renders Image URLs as an image. This puts SVG on par with…
Reading Time: 3 minutes A past post discussed different fonts available for use in Power BI, and I have also showed how to try to expand your font selection with Themes. What if users want more variety? It’s possible to add additional custom fonts using the powerful HTML Viewer custom visual. You might take advantage of this method for a…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier in the year, I published template Theme files for Power BI’s visual settings. These files were not meant to be complete themes but were instead for reference in building your own themes. What happens when Microsoft introduces new Format options for a visual though? The June Power BI Desktop update provides an opportunity to…
Reading Time: 6 minutes When needed, Power BI offers the ability to create Groups and Bins to help consolidate data into a more presentable or meaningful visualization. The documentation has more detail and walks through the process of creating Groups and Bins. Looking at Bins and Groups in a Power BI model using a tool like SQL Server Management…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last Friday, I created a prototype Power BI “Slicer pane” and posted it to social media. It generated a more positive response than I would have thought. After fulfilling a client request that afternoon to double the number of slicers, the report’s primary visuals were reduced to the bottom 2/3 of the page. In my…
Reading Time: 2 minutes In Power BI Desktop and in many other Microsoft products, the Quick Access toolbar lets you save shortcuts to different application functions. While this functionality in the “Ribbon” is nothing new, I want to stress how convenient it can be. This is particularly true for Power BI users who flip between tabs in the main…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Join Power BI in space! Power BI is holding a Space and Space Exploration Contest through March 31st. Get the details on the Community site, build a space-related report, and post it to the Data Stories Gallery. Go here for more information: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Gallery-Forum/Space-and-Space-Exploration-Contest/td-p/377294 Here’s a custom visual showing Twitter avatars from various Power BI team…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Microsoft recently updated the R version for Power BI Service and installed numerous additional R packages. For comparison, I posted the then-current list of packages back in July 2017. If you use R in Power BI Service, definitely see what’s available in the screenshots at the end of this post. Hopefully the Power BI documentation…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Anyone who remembers the original Power BI Custom Visual Gallery may recall seeing a visual called the Hexbin Scatterplot. It was the first visual that I created after Microsoft enabled custom visual development. When Microsoft deprecated the original dev tools and released the current API, all of the original visuals had to be rewritten in order…
Reading Time: 1 minute If you followed my blog throughout 2016 and 2017, you may have noticed a passionate focus on mapping in Power BI. What originally started as frustration with Power BI’s nascent geospatial capabilities became a small series of celebrations as new enhancements arrived. As 2017 turned to 2018, I consciously shifted focus away from maps to…